N844X

What if you took an 850-hp Pratt and Whitney PT-6a Turbine and put it on a 100% carbon-fiber airframe? What would happen? Well, this: A 5,000+ fpm climb, and 300+ knot true airspeed.

I built this plane with RDD of Redmond, Oregon, as my build-shop, and it was SO fun to build. And now I use it to fly about the Country interviewing Patent Troll victims.

I have been flying Columbia 400’s for a while, and they are great, but married with a baby on the way and the desire to travel with friends, we just need something a little BIGGER. 428x can only carry 2 people with full fuel and baggage, so we need a bit MORE if we are to go anywhere with friends. As well, I have always wondered how GOOD an airplane can be, if it is not encumbered by the countless reams of regulations of the federal government. I have also wondered how fun, or easy, it would be to BUILD my own airplane! With these thoughts in mind, I placed my order for a Lancair Evolution.

This is a 315-knot single-engine turboprop that flies at 27,000 feet. The urban legend goes that there can never be an expensive homebuilt airplane because those that can afford to BUY the plane do not have time to BUILD it!

BS!

People that can afford to buy a plane like a Lancair Evolution DO have the time to take vacations, and building an Evolution is MORE fun than any vacation. I have learned so far that there IS something as fun as flying your own airplane: BUILDING it!

GM offers a buyer engine-assist option where the customer can pay extra and show up at the factory to help build the engine for his Corvette. Showing up at the Lancair factory to have an expert staff help you build your Evolution is every bit as fun as that, and when you are done, you will have an amazing airplane to boot.

Well, I showed up at the Lancair facility this January to start construction of my Evolution with help from the expert staff at Composite Assist (the company that normally helps people start the construction on their Lancair Evolution), and RDD (to help take me to completion) it was more fun than any vacation I have ever had, and here is my journal:

WHY NOT A JET? (because they are not efficient for small craft under Mach 1)

Blog posts about N844X

OK so a number of times when I have been flying N844X I have been flying along (usually climbing) and heard a sudden BANG! It is like a shotgun going off in the cabin. Amongst the sound of the turbine screaming, the prop thrashing, the air rushing, and the air conditioner conditioning, and the air […]

Hello! Being sued for “Patent Infringement” by a company called Uniloc for USING technology provided to me by Google, I have become aware of the how the Patent System in this Country ACTUALLY works, and am making a documentary to expose it. So, have YOU been sued by a Patent Assertion Entity, and would you […]